Segar, The

DESCRIPTION: "The old year is gone, and a new one begun, I'll set by the fire by my wife and my son. While others are playing destruction and war, I'll set by the fire and smoke my segar." The poet enjoys life with his cigar, and will take another when it is done.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1830 (source: Flanders-ChapBook Flanders-VermontChapBook)
KEYWORDS: drugs wife husband nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Flanders-ChapBook Flanders-VermontChapBook, pp. 22-23, "The Segar" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: FlaCh22

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